Management
Encourage Honesty At Work With These Easy Tips (Even For Ugly Truths)
As a Certified EOS Implementer it’s no secret that I tell my clients to always pursue honesty at work. One of the founding principles of the Entrepreneurial Operating System® is that no business can meet its potential if the team members are anything less than 100% honest. Building honesty at work is no easy task,…
Read MoreSimple Tips For Managing Healthy Conflict In Meetings
If you’re having truly productive meetings, your team is experiencing conflict. If you disagree, I’m afraid your meetings probably aren’t as productive as you’d like. Either that, or you aren’t aware of the conflict. Most of my readers, though, are well aware that having conflict in their meetings is a great thing. Healthy conflict resolution…
Read MoreAre You Pushing Your EOS Level 10 Meeting Down The Ladder?
When an organization starts using the Entrepreneurial Operating System® (EOS® for short) the EOS Level 10 Meeting ™ is one of the first tool they get comfortable with. The clear structure and the proven commitment to a regular timed meeting are part of that. Of course, the fact that a properly run Level 10 Meeting is the…
Read MoreHow To Make Decisions And Influence Your Business: EOS Shiny Stuff
If you follow my blog, you understand that the Entrepreneurial Operating System® isn’t for people who are sitting around waiting for the phone to ring. Real entrepreneurs are out there making the opportunities happen. They are looking for places to grow their business, building strategies to make that growth happen, and executing. Easy as 1,2,3,…
Read MoreHow To Use An EOS Meeting Pulse – Answered By A Certified EOS Implementer
If your organization is suffering from a lack of accountability or a lack of communication, it is possible you are using the wrong meeting structure. I always advocate that organizations use the EOS Meeting Pulse™ for three reasons: Regular meeting timing creates internal schedules and increases the problem solving mindset in the organization; and Regular…
Read MoreThe Traction Book Isn’t Working: 3 Mistakes People Make Self-Implementing EOS
You’re Not Keeping Up Accountability Accountability is the easiest concept in Traction to wrap your head around. At the same time, it’s one of the hardest to actually achieve. The basis of Traction® is that accountability is broken into scaling goals. If you’re self-implementing EOS already, you’re probably familiar with the following goal structure: 10…
Read MoreLeadership Team Problems: 10 Reasons Your Business Isn’t Growing
I’ve met hundreds, if not thousands, of entrepreneurs and business owners. What’s the one thing they are all most worried about? Stagnation. It’s no secret that an entrepreneur gets very nervous when their business isn’t growing. What is a bit less known is that the reasons are usually simple and rooted in one or more…
Read MoreHow To Build A Great EOS Issues List
How To Build A Great EOS® Issues List Thomas Edison said, “Vision without execution is hallucination.” In the book How To Be A Great Boss, Gino Wickman and Renee Boer claim execution requires Traction®. That’s what the EOS® is all about: Traction. And, it starts with a great Issues List. Learn how to get your…
Read MoreThe 5 Leadership Abilities That Change How You Do Business: Systems
Over the past month, I’ve been defining The 5 Leadership Abilities and why I think they’re so important that I start teaching them to my clients from the moment they sit down for our first session. The 5 Leadership Abilities Are: Simplify Delegate Predict Systemize Structure In this article I’m going to be talking about…
Read MoreThe 5 Leadership Abilities That Change How You Do Business: Predict
The Power of Prediction If you’re in a leadership role in an organization, you’ve got issues. Don’t worry. It’s a good thing. All organizations have issues. How we deal with them is the real question. And I help deal with them is by using The 5 Leadership Abilities™ in conjunction with the tools and practices…
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